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🗓️ 26 May 2019
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Boris Becker a former world number 1 tennis player, Olympic gold medalist, coach and commentator.
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0:00.0 | In 1984 there was no such a thing as a professional athlete at 16. I was too young to know that I was not supposed to win Wimbledon. |
0:12.0 | Everybody doubted including my coaches and my friends and they prepared me already |
0:16.0 | don't be too upset and I said hold on hold let me play and I played to win. |
0:22.0 | Ever since the moment I trust to win. Ever since the moment, I trust in myself. |
0:25.0 | I thought I have this now for years to come. |
0:29.0 | And there was obviously a foolish mistake. |
0:32.0 | At 19, I lose a second round to an Australian. |
0:35.0 | You make mistakes, I warn you. |
0:37.0 | Sometimes even you Boris Becker, |
0:40.0 | lose at Wimbledon. |
0:42.0 | You're human, you're man, you're not always perfect. |
0:45.0 | I learned this lesson early. I'm a better man today for it. |
0:49.0 | You were allowed to be free, you were allowed to make mistakes without being slaughtered a minute |
0:54.2 | later on Twitter. |
0:55.2 | I think that's a problem for the younger generation. |
0:59.1 | When I coach Noyona, you know, her talk to the juniors is that always play until the end because otherwise you |
1:04.4 | don't know how good you can be if you give up before. Ultimately you have to find |
1:09.0 | your own way in life. It's a journey. Enjoy the process of finding out who you want to be, what you want to do. |
1:16.0 | You can only be the best you can be. The world is changing. |
1:37.0 | Inspiration is everywhere. It has never been so easy to connect, share, and bring people together. |
1:46.4 | We're learning from others and finding the best in ourselves. ourselves, challenging our beliefs, sharing our vulnerability, overcoming our fears. |
2:05.0 | transforming ourselves so we can transform the world. |
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